Garment hanger



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GARMENT HANGER Filed Sept. ll, 1950 July 28, 1953 I a (8 m, l////////INVEN TOR,

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Patented July 28 2v 1953 Y v"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Y` 't yV.2,646,890

GrARMEN '1` HANGER Charles H. Kraft, Kansas City, Mo.`

Application September 11, 1950, Serial No. 184,241

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers and hasparticular reference to an adjustable garment hanger operable wherebythe garment may be supported at different vertical levels. Y

The principal object of this invention is the provision of a springactuated garment hanger adapted to be arranged in spaced apart parallelrelation to support garments in parallel relation in their raisedposition.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a garmenthanger having spring actuating means whereby the garment hangers may beselectively moved to and from the hangn ing position.

Other objects are simplicity and economy of construction, ease andeiii-ciency of operation, and adpatability for supporting the varioustypes and sizes of garments.

With these objects in view as well as other objects which will appearduring the course of the specification, reference will be had to thedrawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a series of garment hangersmounted in a cabinet.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on section line II-II of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevational view of one of the garment hangerswith the hanger shown in the raised position.

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on line IV-IV f Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line line V-V of Fig. 2.

Throughout the several views like reference characters refer to similarparts and the numeral I0 designates a clothes cabinet having a shelf I2and suitable closure members I4.

The garment hangers I6 are rigidly secured to the under side of theforward edge of the shelf I2 by means of screws I8. This garment hangercomprises an inverted U-shaped frame 20 having depending legs 22 and 24.These legs lare spaced -apart a sucient distance to receive the sheavewheel 26 therebetween, which is mountedV for rotation on a transversepin 28 mounted in legs 22 and 24. Pin 28 has a head 2'I land is providedat its other end with a cotter key 29 by means of which it is securedagainst longitudinal movement.

One side of sheave wheel 26 is open as at 30, and is adapted to receivea helical spring 32 therein. One end portion 34 of spring 32 is anchoredin the side wall 36 of sheave wheel 26, and the other end portion 38 ofspring 32 ex- 2 Claims. (C1. 211-117) tends through the yopen side 30 ofthe sheave wheel and is anchored in the leg 22 of member 26. This leg 22is of suicient size to completely cover the open side of sheave 26.

A garment hanger of any of the various types indicated as 48 issupported by a exible member such as chain 42 which is wrapped aroundsheave wheel 26 and secured thereto by means of any suitable means. Thedirection of Winding of spring 32 and of the flexible members is suchthat when the garment hanger is drawn away from the sheave wheel spring32v will be wound, thus energizing it suiciently to drive the sheavewheel in the reverse direction to rewind the exible member. Integralwith or secured to leg 22 is an inclined table 46 having a depending leg48 which serves as a guide to maintain the hanger in desired generaldirection as the hanger head 50 is positioned between legs 22 and 48 asshown in Figs. 3 and 4. An opening 52 is formed through table 46 toreceive chain 42 therethrough. Table 46 is notched downwardly fromopening 52 at 54 to present a recess to receive the reduced portion '56of chain 42, whereby the enlarged portion 58 of the chain will engagethe table to prevent longitudinal movement thereof, thereby making itpossible to support garments heavier than spring 32 would normallycarry. A transverse not-ch formed in table 46 outwardly from the end ofopening 52 is so positioned that when the operator pulls the garment andhanger outwardly to unwind the chain from pulley 26 he may easily forcethe portion 56 of the chain into the notch to secure the chain againstlongitudinal movement. When it is desired to again return the hanger tothe raised position, this chain is moved from notch 6l) and the springrewinds it on the sheave to move the hanger into the raised position.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be noted that the garment hangers 46are held in substantially parallel relation transversely of shelf I2 andcan be pulled out to a convenient position for placing the coat thereonor for removing the coat. When so positioned the garments require aminimum amount of space, thus providing a maximum capacity for a givensize closet.

It will also be noted that when the garment is to be placed on orremoved from the hanger the hanger is moved from its normal garmenthanging position, thus making the operations easy any convenient at aposition removed from the other garments whereby they will not interferewith or disarrange each other.

A further advantage of this garment hanger is that all parts areinterconnected so that parts cannot be displaced or lost, especiallywhen they are used in schools by small children.

What I claim as new is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a frame, a sheave rotatably mounted insaid frame, a spring member mounted to constantly -urge said sheave torotate in one direction, 1a flexible member secured to and wound aboutsaid sheave, and carrying a coat hanger at its free end, an inclinedtable carried by said frame and having an opening formed therein toreceive said flexible member therethrough, notches formed in said tabl'efrom the edges of said opening to receive and secure said flexiblemember against longitudinal movement, and depending members carrie-d bysaid frame to engage and limit rotation of said coat hanger about saidflexible member.

2. A garment hanger assembly comprising a plurality of reels carriedrotatably by a support in closely spaced coaxial relation, a exblemember wound on each o'f said `reels, a substantially planar garmenthanger attached to the free end of each of said ilexible members, springmeans urging each of said reels rotatably whereby the associatedflexible member is wound on said reel to raise said hanger, and a pairof guide members `carried by said support adjacent each of said iiexiblemembers and extending downwardly from said support suiciently to overlapopposite Sides of the `associated hanger when said hanger is in itsraised position, Iwhere-by rotation of said hanger about said flexiblemember is limited.

CHARLES H. KRAFT.

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